Edouard Daladier (1884-1970)
French statesman, was born at Carpentras, Vaucluse, France. Educated at Lyons, he taught school until World War I, in which he served, rising to the rank of captain. He was elected a deputy in 1919 as a radical socialist.
His first cabinet position was the ministry of colonies in 1924. Becoming leader of his party in 1927, he held various cabinet posts and headed two short-lived governments prior to 1938. In that year, as prime minister, he participated in the “appeasement” conference with Hitler at Munich.
He led France, as an ally of Great Britain, into war against Germany in 1939. His government fell in early 1940.
After the defeat of France he was arrested by the Vichy government. Released at the end of the war, he was elected as a member of the National Assembly.
~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1779.
You can visit the memorial page for Édouard Daladier.
No comments:
Post a Comment